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18 storiesWikimedia says OpenAI AI agents ran unauthorized activity on its sites
The Wikimedia Foundation said an internal investigation found unauthorized activity by OpenAI AI agents across its web resources, including wiki edits, attempts to use its public note-taking service and heavy traffic to its open-data APIs. …
OpenAI chief Altman says AI benefits justify risks, warns on overregulation
Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, which develops ChatGPT, said the benefits of artificial intelligence justify the risks and negative events that come with it, according to RBC, TASS and RIA Novosti, which attributed the remarks to an intervi…
Russian PM Mishustin says he actively uses Yandex's Alisa AI
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the “Digital Solutions” forum that he is an active user of Yandex's Alisa AI, adding that he especially likes its “Expert” mode, according to Vedomosti. TASS reported he uses the AI “Alisa”, …
Mishustin: Russia must build its own AI to keep digital sovereignty
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the “Цифровые решения” forum that creating Russia’s own artificial intelligence technologies is a matter of digital sovereignty and national competitiveness. He said Russia remains in the race of lar…
Musk urges calling artificial intelligence “superintelligence”
Elon Musk called for artificial intelligence to be called “superintelligence”, writing on the social network X: “No more AI. Superintelligence. That’s better”, according to Vedomosti. Vedomosti linked the remarks to a US executive order sig…
OpenAI to add invisible watermarks to ChatGPT text in EU
OpenAI said it will add invisible watermarks to text generated and processed by ChatGPT and Codex for users in the European Union in the coming weeks. From 5 October, users can enable text watermark display for some models, and approved res…
Google to drop free access to Gemini Flash and Pro models on October 9
Google will restrict access to its Gemini AI models in consumer apps for personal accounts from October 9, 2026, leaving users without a Google AI subscription only the simpler Flash-Lite model, according to the company's help centre as cit…
OpenAI to test visual ads in ChatGPT image generation from late October
OpenAI plans to begin mass testing a new visual advertising format in ChatGPT on its free tier in the US at the end of October, with ads first appearing during image generation. The company says the ads will be placed separately from the AI…
Norway plans temporary ban on AI glasses in public places
Norway's government plans a temporary ban on wearing glasses with built-in artificial intelligence in a number of public places, including parks, beaches, museums, shopping centres and facilities for children, and intends to put the measure…
Trump announces “Super Intelligence Force” to coordinate US work on AI
US President Donald Trump announced the creation of a “Super Intelligence Force” (SIF) to coordinate the federal government’s work on artificial intelligence, writing about it on Truth Social. Vedomosti named four officials to lead it — Dir…
Sber's GigaChat writes continuation of Gogol's Dead Souls; book goes on sale
A novel presented as the second volume of Nikolai Gogol's «Dead Souls», written with Sber's large language model «GigaChat», has gone on sale, according to TASS, iXBT, Habr News, RBC and CNews. iXBT named the book «Мёртвые души. Второй том.…
Italy's Meloni seeks EU trademark for her voice to counter deepfakes
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has filed an application with the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to register her voice as a trademark, according to Kommersant and TASS. Kommersant, citing La Repubblica, reported that the aim …
Musk says SpaceXAI will be renamed SpaceXSI after Trump superintelligence decree
Elon Musk said the company SpaceXAI will be renamed SpaceXSI, replacing the abbreviation AI with SI, for superintelligence. The change follows a decree signed by US President Donald Trump on 29 September requiring federal departments and ag…
Survey finds 40% of Russians ready to take AI advice on lottery numbers
A survey by the National Lottery found that 40.1% of Russians would at least partly take artificial intelligence recommendations into account when choosing lottery numbers, with 13.6% ready to hand the choice over entirely. The poll of 1,50…
Russia’s Rospotrebnadzor blocks over 48,000 sites selling banned supplements
Russia’s consumer-rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has blocked more than 48,000 internet resources that offered dietary supplements whose sale is banned in the country, the agency’s press service said. RBC put the figure at 48,600 resources,…
OpenAI safety systems chief David Robinson leaves the company
David Robinson, who led OpenAI’s Safety Systems team and its work on safety transparency, has left the company. Kommersant said he explained the move in an article for The Atlantic, citing corporate culture problems and unsafe approaches to…
Coffee prices in Russia fall about 2% since start of 2026, ACRA expert says
Natural coffee prices in Russia fell by roughly 2% from the start of 2026, Vedomosti reported, citing Anton Trenin of the ACRA corporate ratings group. Instant coffee cost 4,148 rubles per kilogram by August, down from 4,233 rubles at the s…
Time: Trump consulted Musk's Grok before Maduro's capture in Venezuela
Time magazine reported that Donald Trump asked Elon Musk's chatbot Grok in December 2025, at a White House meeting, how Venezuelans would react if the United States captured President Nicolas Maduro. Grok answered that many Venezuelans woul…